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Trump Signs Order Reviving Presidential Fitness Test in Schools

Exceptional professional athletes participated in the signing ceremony as Trump called for a ‘culture of strength and excellence for years to come.’
Trump Signs Order Reviving Presidential Fitness Test in Schools
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Aaron Gifford
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Pull-ups, distance runs, and other challenges of strength, endurance, quickness, and agility are returning to a school near you.

President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the Presidential Fitness Test, established by President Lyndon Johnson in 1966 and canceled by President Barack Obama 48 years later, will be reinstated under executive order.

Aaron Gifford
Aaron Gifford
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Aaron Gifford has written for several daily newspapers, magazines, and specialty publications and also served as a federal background investigator and Medicare fraud analyst. He graduated from the University at Buffalo and is based in Upstate New York.